My standards are my own - and I don't believe in imposing my standards on other people. It was wrong of me to impose them on you.
How perfectly PC of you, but BS! If I did not care about your standards, I wouldn't post on your thread or respond to your comments on mine.
Also, who gives a rat's butt about "social norms". I know not me, and I'm pretty sure not you.
Anyway, my standard has always been that I would not date until W or I filed. I have decided to back off from "filed" to "paid retainer to L and instructed her to prepare the paperwork for filing".
I definitely knew that I did not want to use dating as a DB strategy and I definitely did not want to get another person involved in my M. Just too much possibility for someone to get really hurt for no good reason.
Anyhoo, I do agree that the MOST important thing is that the individuals invovled are being honest with each other (and with themselves).
As for you...get your rear end out into the dating world and wow them with your beauty and brains!
Good luck, SD
Me 41 W 41 Kids: S9 S7 Married 16 years Bomb dropped 2/2/07 Still living together! current thread